A stabbing at a Canadian high school has left one student dead and another injured.

Police in Abbotsford, B.C., were called to Abbotsford Senior Secondary School on Tuesday with reports of an assault in progress.

Police said they took the suspect into custody almost immediately upon arrival at the school. The two victims — both female, both students at the school — were taken to hospital.

The surviving student is in hospital in stable condition, said Chief Bob Rich of the Abbotsford Police Department.

Rich expressed his department’s condolences for the victims’ families at a press conference Tuesday evening.

“We are heartbroken for the family that has lost their daughter. Words can’t express. I’m just so sorry.”

Both Abbotsford Senior Secondary and Abbotsford Junior Secondary were under lockdown for hours afterward while police searched for evidence and to ensure there was no further danger to students.

Rich was not able to confirm the identity of the victims or the suspect. He said the suspect, a young man, does not appear to have been a student at the school and may not have had any connection to the victims.

“Who he is [and] what was driving him is very much a matter for investigators at this time,” Rich said.

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